African Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960, by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… contained information concerning identity, employment, place of legal residence, payment of taxes, and, if … cities around the country. The first national protest took place on October 27, 1955, when 2,000 women of all races … issuance of residence permits to African women was taking place in towns and cities throughout the Union. In February, …